A Halloween issue dedicated to the often overlooked non-EC horror comics of the 1950s, which titles and their creators receive their due in a lavishly illustrated 30-page article by LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS.
This issue also contains the concluding segment of JIM AMASH's interview with GEORGE KASHDAN. GARY BROWN interviews a horror comic icon: The Hand of Doom. Appreciations are provided for two creators who passed away in 2010: MARVIN STEIN and HOWIE POST. Mr. Monster's Comics Crypt looks at clown in comics.
The FCA section features a reprint of a 1996 MARC SWAYZE column and a previously unpublished 1988 column by C.C. BECK.